Beautiful writing. Amazing plot. Lolita references. Dark and disturbing. This book follows a bright fifteen year old Vanessa who becomes entangled in an affair with her charming and manipulative English teacher. The book alternates between past and present and spreads over a period of almost 17 years. She believes that she is in love with him and he manipulatively convinces her into doing whatever he wants. You can see her mental confusion. She has been convinced that she hasn't been abused and she willingly did everything. The way the psychological aspect has been explored is amazing. It has references to pop culture, lolita and me too movement.The book felt a bit stretched in the second half. It has a lot of description about abuse. So if you are triggered by it, don't pick it up. This is not a fun read or a book which will help you escape. It is deep rooted in reality and is thought provoking.It is a brilliantly written, emotional and disturbing book with an amazing audiobook.

The storyline was thought-provoking and depicted accurately of how sexual harassers tend to manipulate their victims. Pedophilia is an often ignored, dangerously real thing, especially in educational institutions and families where it is often interpreted to be something else. This book highlights that fine line between love and crime. The story did start to drag towards the middle, and the ending provided little closer. Good book. Important read.

A dark novel.It's a heart split out from a girl who was in love with a thirty years older person than her.This person was her English teacher which was the subject she was passionate about.I felt while listening to this story she never stopped reading books which his English teacher gave to her.Anyways this was love for the subject as well for the English teacher.Her English teacher was far away from her in terms of love but not care.The complexity of the story in terms of emotional breakdown is such that it lacks clarity with her teacher with whom she is in love with.It taught me a lot in Vanessa's perspective how this teacher taught her how to fathom love,how not to love again than him.Emotionally brutalised by a person who was she in love with.How love can turn into madness in case who does it emotionally and who does it physically .Who is to blame school,books or the societal norms that we should respect our elders.

Nice, read at ur own risk

Got introduced into an alien world. It was so shocking to go through all these and it was painful too. Felt pity on the parents. They have done everything possible for their child... still. A kind of lonliness engulfs the victim i think and she undergoes a self sentenced internment. No one even a friendly mother can penetrate the shadow of emotional slavery accepted by the child. A teacher should always be careful not to destroy the lives of his students at least . Great book.

This book is true to it's name...it's dark ... it's difficult and will make you uncomfortable...but nonetheless a must read

Beautiful narration of a masterpiece